For some unknown reason, Wednesday is one of the big nights for partying! I have no clue why! Anyway... The Hop Store and La Gaffe are the best places to go on a Wednesday night, but unfortunately La Gaffe was closed, so Hop Store it was.
By now I've met pretty much half of te yachties in Antibes, since it isn't that big, so everyone we knew was at the Hop Store. There's a chilled vibe there, with live bands playing. Was awesome! The only hting I wasn't so keen on... The 5 euro beers!!!
To cut it short, we had pre drinks at the crew house, went out parting at the hop, most people left aound 12, so a few of us headed over to Ekinox afterwards. I had a girl buy me 3 beers there, costing a total of 21 euros (R210), possibly the most expensive beers i've ever seen!!! Around 3am, the boucers kicked everyone out the club because the building next door was burning down!! So after the 3 fire trucks rocked up and put it out we all left for bed! Was pretty awesome, I won't lie!:)
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Chillaxing down at the beach;)
By now I have been in Antibes just over a week... and had spent that week stressing, settling down and looking for work. It was time to finally relax!
Two mates and I went down to the beach to meet up with a bunch of our friends. It was amazing... A whole day on the beach with about 20 friends just relaxing! I needed that!!!
Most of us were South Africans, but there were a lot of Aussies, kiwis and Poms with us. It was quite interesting conversing with al the different cultures. A few of us ended up going cliff jumping later on ofF a cliff about 13m high! With that out the way... it was time to get back and prepare for dock walking the next day.
Two mates and I went down to the beach to meet up with a bunch of our friends. It was amazing... A whole day on the beach with about 20 friends just relaxing! I needed that!!!
Most of us were South Africans, but there were a lot of Aussies, kiwis and Poms with us. It was quite interesting conversing with al the different cultures. A few of us ended up going cliff jumping later on ofF a cliff about 13m high! With that out the way... it was time to get back and prepare for dock walking the next day.
Daywork!:)
While taking the captain and crew out on the Riva, I had to make way for a super yacht that was about to dock. We moved to the side and watched as the huge yacht came into the dock. As the yacht was almost in, the engines started roaring and smoke bellowed from the side... then the back end slammed into the dockside, taking out two big chunks from the side.
Later that evening, my friend wanted to go dock walking at 6pm. Everyone laughed and said we'd never find work at that time. Since I had a job pending... I wasn't really interested in day work and just went with to keep him company. I got over it pretty quickly and waited for him while he finished. Once he'd finished I found out he'd found a boat looking for a day worker to paint and he was not qualified, so I got him to show me the boat, since I was qualified and desperately needed the experience!! As luck would have it... it was the same boat I'd watched smash into the dock. I was hired for the next day.
The next day I met up with the boat and stripped the side of all the loose edges and began sanding. After the sanding I started filling the hole with this super messy and insanely strong putty substance. Half way through we had to leave the harbour and go anchor out in sea, so I was left trying to finish the job while bobbing up and down in a small tender!
The end of the day came and I'd managed to patch up the big whole (probably 1 squared metre), but had not had enough time to do the final sanding and painting. The deckhand was to finish that the next day.
The amazing thing about it... I got paid 100 euros for it!!!
Later that evening, my friend wanted to go dock walking at 6pm. Everyone laughed and said we'd never find work at that time. Since I had a job pending... I wasn't really interested in day work and just went with to keep him company. I got over it pretty quickly and waited for him while he finished. Once he'd finished I found out he'd found a boat looking for a day worker to paint and he was not qualified, so I got him to show me the boat, since I was qualified and desperately needed the experience!! As luck would have it... it was the same boat I'd watched smash into the dock. I was hired for the next day.
The next day I met up with the boat and stripped the side of all the loose edges and began sanding. After the sanding I started filling the hole with this super messy and insanely strong putty substance. Half way through we had to leave the harbour and go anchor out in sea, so I was left trying to finish the job while bobbing up and down in a small tender!
The end of the day came and I'd managed to patch up the big whole (probably 1 squared metre), but had not had enough time to do the final sanding and painting. The deckhand was to finish that the next day.
The amazing thing about it... I got paid 100 euros for it!!!
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